Switch-chair



(No Model.)

W. J. MORDEN.

V SWITCH CHAIR. No. 368,300. Patented Aug. 16, 1887.

v ETERs. Phalmbmognphsr, Washington. n.c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM J. MORDEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SWITCH-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,300, dated August 16, 1887.

Application filed January 10, 1887.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. MoRDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohioago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin StubSwitch Chairs, of which the following is a specification, to wit:

This invention relates to stub-switch chairs; and it consists in certain novel peculiarities of the construction and arrangement of the same, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and use, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of the chair, and Fig. 2 a plan view of the same.

a represents the chair, of the usual or any desired form, andformed in any manner from such material as is found most suitable to the purpose. One side of this chair is provided with the usual undercut sockets, a, for holding the ends of the fixed rails, and the other side is left plain to receive the end of the movable rail.

A separating cross-bar, b, is placed across the-front of the sockets, to separate the ends of the fixed and movable rails and prevent Serial No 223,895. (No modeL) them from being engaged by their expansion, and the ends of this bar are bent around and secured upon the front of the chair to form stops 1), which limit the movement of the movable rail and hold it always in alignment with the others.

It is usual in such articles to secure a separating-bar in a similar position to this one,and also to secure stops to the chair; but they have been separate and easily broken. It will be particularly noted that I herein form the separatingbar and stops in one integral part properly shaped and secured to the chair, and am thus enabled to form a much stronger and more durable article, in no way liable to become broken in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In aswitch-chair, the combination, with the main plate a, provided with the sockets a, of the separating-bar b and stops 1), formed in one piece and secured to the plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM J. MORDEN.

Vitnesses:

IV. C. MCARTHUR, W. S. MoARTHUR. 

